black cigarettes peaky blinders Why in Are More Than Aesthetic — They're Emotional Signals Everyone notices the smoking. The slow exhale. The dramatic lighting. The iconic silhouettes. But cigarettes in Peaky Blinders aren't Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy

Politician and leader Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy) in particular seems to inhale smoke more than anyone else, but now actress Helen McCrory, who plays the formidable Aunt Polly in the series, has revealed the truth, and it will shock many fans of the period favourite

He also revealed to the Birmingham Mail another shocking detail about the difficulties of playing lead character Thomas Shelby, in an interview last year

Murphy previously spoke to LADbible about how he had spent a quarter of his lifetime in the role, adding that it had been a rollercoaster to spend the last decade playing a young man into middle age, into sort of an older man

Its very very on the back-foot, and I really like that. I find it very gently witty very often, the star added